Re: [MBZ] OT Starship blows up

2023-04-20 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
They said this thing was twice the thrust of a Saturn V so that is 15million lb of thrust!  WOWZA  I'm surprised you couldn't hear it even across the state! --FT On 4/20/23 6:17 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: I watched it live and when it started to roll you could see that not

Re: [MBZ] OT Starship blows up

2023-04-20 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
I watched it live and when it started to roll you could see that not all of the engines were lit. I figured it might be RUD time. -D > On Apr 20, 2023, at 6:00 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Looks like the guidance package was not able to keep the booster properly > oriented

[MBZ] OT Starship blows up

2023-04-20 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Looks like the guidance package was not able to keep the booster properly oriented and it started to tumble and blew up.  Might have been due to some engine failures as it looked like several were not firing.  Apparently the engineers adopted the Soviet Soyuz model where a certain number of